Uttarakhand · India · 30.31° N · 78.09° E
Solar position in Rāipur
Sun position, daylight and the best solar panel angle for Rāipur — computed for 30.31° N, 78.09° E, 680 m above sea level.
The sun right now
Sun in Rāipur today
Sunday, 25 October 2026 · local time UTC+5:30
| Event | Time | Direction / height |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:05 | sun 18° below horizon |
| Nautical dawn | 05:33 | 12° below |
| Civil dawn | 06:01 | 6° below |
| Sunrise | 06:26 | 103° ESE |
| Golden hour ends | 06:59 | sun 6° up |
| Solar noon | 12:01 | 47.6° high |
| Golden hour starts | 17:03 | sun 6° up |
| Sunset | 17:36 | 256° WSW |
| Civil dusk | 18:01 | 6° below |
| Nautical dusk | 18:29 | 12° below |
| Astronomical dusk | 18:57 | 18° below |
| Day length | 11 h 10 min | |
Sun path diagram for Rāipur
Where the sun stands in the sky: the centre is straight overhead, the outer ring is the horizon. Numbers mark local clock hours.
- June solstice
- Equinox
- December solstice
- Today
On the June solstice the sun reaches 83.1° at solar noon in Rāipur; on the December solstice only 36.3°. Sunrise swings from 62° ENE in June to 117° ESE in December — a 55° arc along the horizon.
Sunrise, sunset and sun height by month
Values for the 21st of each month, local clock time including daylight saving time.
| Month | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Day length | Noon elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:13 | 12:29 | 17:44 | 10 h 31 min | 39.8° |
| February | 06:52 | 12:31 | 18:10 | 11 h 18 min | 49.2° |
| March | 06:20 | 12:24 | 18:29 | 12 h 09 min | 60.0° |
| April | 05:44 | 12:16 | 18:48 | 13 h 04 min | 71.6° |
| May | 05:20 | 12:14 | 19:08 | 13 h 48 min | 79.9° |
| June | 05:16 | 12:19 | 19:22 | 14 h 06 min | 83.1° |
| July | 05:29 | 12:24 | 19:18 | 13 h 49 min | 80.1° |
| August | 05:47 | 12:20 | 18:53 | 13 h 05 min | 71.8° |
| September | 06:05 | 12:10 | 18:15 | 12 h 11 min | 60.4° |
| October | 06:23 | 12:02 | 17:40 | 11 h 17 min | 49.0° |
| November | 06:48 | 12:03 | 17:18 | 10 h 31 min | 39.8° |
| December | 07:09 | 12:15 | 17:21 | 10 h 11 min | 36.3° |
A year of daylight in Rāipur
Each column is one day of 2026. Bright: sun above the horizon; soft: civil twilight; line: solar noon. Steps are daylight saving time changes.
Best solar panel angle in Rāipur
Fixed array facing south (azimuth 180°). Energy per kWp from NASA POWER monthly climate, including clouds, temperature and snow reflection.
31°collects the most energy over a year: 1679 kWh per kWp.
20°gives the most in the darkest month — the one an off-grid system is sized for.
- Yearly energy
- Worst-month energy
| Tilt | kWh/kWp per year | Share of best year | July kWh/kWp/day | Best ÷ worst month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0° | 1473 | 88% | 3.84 | 2.0× |
| 15° | 1624 | 97% | 3.79 | 1.6× |
| 20° off-grid best | 1653 | 98% | 3.73 | 1.5× |
| 30° = latitude | 1679 | 100% | 3.55 | 1.5× |
| 31° year-round best | 1679 | 100% | 3.53 | 1.5× |
| 45° | 1637 | 97% | 3.14 | 1.7× |
| 60° | 1500 | 89% | 2.58 | 2.1× |
| 70° | 1362 | 81% | 2.16 | 2.4× |
| 90° | 1001 | 60% | 1.32 | 3.5× |
A fixed array in Rāipur produces the most over a year at 31°. The design month for an off-grid system is July: at 20° it makes 3.73 kWh per kWp a day, 6% more than at 31°, and costs 2% of the yearly total. Why steep panels win winter.
Off-grid solar in Rāipur at 70°
Daily energy of 1 kWp by month. Bars: panels at 70°. Line: panels at 31° (year-round best).
| Month | Sun hours, flat | Sun hours at 70° | kWh/kWp/day at 70° | at 31° | Mean temp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.32 | 4.89 | 4.27 | 4.10 | 9.2 °C |
| February | 4.22 | 5.05 | 4.37 | 4.63 | 11.9 °C |
| March | 5.54 | 5.15 | 4.37 | 5.30 | 16.9 °C |
| April | 6.48 | 4.33 | 3.57 | 5.28 | 22.7 °C |
| May | 6.97 | 3.55 | 2.87 | 5.06 | 27.0 °C |
| June | 6.27 | 2.97 | 2.38 | 4.37 | 28.0 °C |
| July | 4.84 | 2.69 | 2.16 | 3.53 | 25.5 °C |
| August | 4.64 | 2.95 | 2.40 | 3.58 | 23.9 °C |
| September | 5.07 | 4.07 | 3.37 | 4.43 | 22.2 °C |
| October | 5.12 | 5.77 | 4.85 | 5.33 | 18.7 °C |
| November | 4.13 | 6.14 | 5.24 | 5.06 | 14.6 °C |
| December | 3.45 | 5.75 | 4.98 | 4.56 | 10.9 °C |
| Year | 5.01 avg | 4.44 avg | 1362 kWh | 1679 kWh |
Sizing example. To run a 1 kWh-per-day load through July on LiFePO4 batteries (charge controller, battery and inverter losses included) you need about 550 Wp of panels at 70°, versus 330 Wp at 31°. Here the lower tilt is the better winter choice — the sun stays high enough. Size your own system.
Row spacing in Rāipur
Distance between rows of 2 m long panels (slope length) so that no row shades the next between 10:00 and 14:00 solar time on the winter solstice.
3.6 mrow pitch at 70°
3.3 mrow pitch at 31°
How Rāipur compares in India
Against the other 3,734 places in India with climate data, for a fixed array at its best angle.
2548thof 3,735 places in India for sunshine, shared: 5.01 peak sun hours a day on flat ground.
+7%solar energy a year compared with the average place in India: 1,679 against 1,575 kWh per kWp.
+49 mindaylight on the longest day, compared with Mumbai: 14 h 06 min against 13 h 17 min.
31°best year-round tilt here; across India it runs from 8° in Tirunelveli to 33° in Leh.
Of the 3,735 places in India, Balotra gets the most sun (5.73 peak sun hours a day) and Jining the least (3.68); Rāipur ranks joint 2548th. In its darkest month, July, 1 kWp of off-grid panels at 70° makes 2.16 kWh a day here, against 1.70 kWh on average in India. The shortest day lasts 10 h 11 min, −48 min compared with Mumbai.
Solar forecast for Rāipur, next 48 hours
Expected output of 1 kWp at 70°, computed from the ICON-EU weather model of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Europe.
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Sun positions: NREL Solar Position Algorithm. Climate: NASA POWER monthly climatology (NASA Langley Research Center). Forecast: Deutscher Wetterdienst, ICON-EU (CC BY 4.0), processed. Places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones: IANA. Sources and licences.